This weeks latest catches week ending 10/3/19

• Midweek match produces best bream catch of series
• 84 lb of fish to 5 lb on Method feeder and wafters
• Two more Temple ‘twenties’ the biggest 29 lb
• Four-tench catch shows that spring is nearly here
• Three anglers share nine-zander catch as season nears its close

FISHERY OPENING TIMES
The fishery currently opens for day ticket fishing at around 7.00am on weekdays; 6.30am weekends and Bank Holidays. Current closing time is approximately 5.30pm.

TACKLE & BAIT SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
Open 7 days a week, 362 days a year, when you need it!

• PLEASE BE AWARE, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ROD LICENCES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE TACKLE SHOP. THEY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POST OFFICES AND ONLINE AT www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence

• The predator fishing season begins on October 1 and finishes on March 14.

THIS WEEK’S FISHING! (in brief)
Difficult conditions for fishing were also just what the Old Lake bream wanted to encourage them to feed, and they provided the best weight of the Wednesday series so far.
The fifth round of Steve Gardener’s fortnightly competition, fished by 24, was won by Steve Ellis with 84 lb, despite wet and windy weather, which gave the bream an appetite.
John Everiss was also getting among the bream, landing over 20 during a pleasure session, and tench are now starting to show up in catches, one angler landing four, while boats in the Jungle are also reporting tench activity.
Temple lake continues its steady run of fish, an early indication of sport to come, this time with two ‘twenties’ the biggest a 29 lb mirror for James Cox.
And the predator season closes after Thursday, anglers making the most of a last chance to get some action to land good numbers of fish to 7 lb, on roach sections or small pieces of mackerel.
The weather forecasters’ saying that March ‘comes in like a lion and out like a lamb’ is proving true so far, because after a stormy weekend, there’s more wet and windy weather blowing in from the west this week, with strong winds particularly in midweek, and a fair sprinkling of showers, though temperatures are generally rising, and should be back to highs in double figures by Wednesday. Monday looks to be the sunniest day of the week, with a high of 9 degrees C, but following on from a cool night of 2 degrees, though it should stay at 6 from Monday into Tuesday, which looks like the wettest day of the week, with a high of 9, falling to 4 overnight into Wednesday, which is expected to be the windiest day of the week, though largely dry and 10 degrees, but with gusts reaching 50 mph. With 5 overnight into a dry and overcast Thursday of 11 that should bode well for a good final day of the predator season, then a balmy 9 overnight into Friday of 11 with a damp morning and a dry afternoon. It should be 6 overnight into Saturday with sunshine and showers and 10, but down to 2 again into Sunday and 9, and down to zero into Monday as the winds swing round to dry northerlies, and sunny high pressure builds for the week after. Winds look set to be from the west all this week through to Sunday night, with a bit of south-west or north-west thrown in, starting with strong gusts on Monday, but not as lively as at the weekend, but becoming stronger again on Tuesday and Wednesday, peaking at around midday Wednesday, easing a bit for Thursday but still strong, and strengthening a bit again into Friday, easing a little on Saturday and then falling light and northerly on Sunday and into a spell of calm, sunny and frosty weather for the week after this one. So, for those willing to brave the strong winds this week, they should stir up some rewards.

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OLD BURY HILL LAKE – GENERAL & BOAT FISHING

As soon as we leave the chilly nights behind, the bream fishing takes off, and this week the wet south-westerlies spurred the bream into feeding, producing an 84 lb winning net in the latest Steve Gardener midweeker.
Steve Ellis drew peg 72 and fished a Method feeder and wafters or pellets for his win, ahead of Brian Nesbitt on peg 36 with 55 lb, on the same tactics.
Third was Ian Chatfield, pegged next to Brian, with 54 lb 8 oz, ahead of John Swann with 47 lb from peg 74, Paul ‘Tommy’ Hiller with 37 lb 6 oz from peg 2, and John Radford with 37 lb from peg 20.
John Everiss, from Mitcham, had a pleasure session on the Old Lake and landed over 20 bream to 5 lb from peg 37, on Method feeder and 6 and 8 mm yellow and orange wafters.
Dan Spencer, from Surbiton, found the tench in feeding mood on the Front Bank, landing four to 5 lb, along with bream, on 15 mm Mainline Cell boilies in open water.
Predator anglers have until closing time on Thursday to catch themselves a big zed, as the season ends after March 14, until October.
Three anglers visiting from Essex shared a catch of nine zander to 7 lb this week, on small pieces of mackerel, which they found worked better than roach.

TEMPLE LAKE – CARP

Two more ‘twenties’ suggests that sport is on an upward curve on Temple, James Cox, from Esher, landing a 29 lb mirror carp from peg 13 on a 14 mm Carp Company Icelandic Red with Caviar & Cranberry pop-up.
And Gary Gray caught a 25 lb ghost common from peg 7, on double popped-up corn with no free offerings.

PLEASE NOTE: LEAD CORE IS BANNED ON BOTH TEMPLE AND THE OLD LAKE. PLEASE SEE KEN IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

BONDS LAKE

The carp are becoming increasingly catchable, now that temperatures are on the rise, and there are still roach and perch being caught on pole or waggler tactics, along with a few accidental carp.
Drilled krill pellets on a hair or banded are working well for the carp, and waggler and maggots is accounting for good numbers of perch and roach to 1 lb.

MILTON LAKE

Milton Lake is the place to head for if you want tench, bream, crucians and specimen roach, along with a chance of a bonus carp, either on waggler with a running line, or pole close in or up against the lily pads, where fish can often be lined up with a little-and-often loosefeeding approach using small baits, especially now that the weather has become milder.

This weeks latest catches week ending 17/3/19

• First reported ‘thirty’ of the year
• Two Tone landed at 35 lb 12 oz by Ray Harding
• Four other Temple ‘twenties’
• Zander angler lands 25 lb PB carp on a roach
• Father and son share 17-carp catch on Bonds

FISHERY OPENING TIMES
The fishery currently opens for day ticket fishing at around 7.00am on weekdays; 6.30am weekends and Bank Holidays. Current closing time is approximately 5.30pm.

TACKLE & BAIT SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
Open 7 days a week, 362 days a year, when you need it!

• PLEASE BE AWARE, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ROD LICENCES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE TACKLE SHOP. THEY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POST OFFICES AND ONLINE AT www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence

• The predator fishing season begins on October 1 and finishes on March 14.

THIS WEEK’S FISHING! (in brief)
The capture this week of Two Tone by Ray Harding, at 35 lb 12 oz is an indication that the fish in Temple Lake are coming out of their winter lethargy and taking an interest in anglers’ baits once again.
The first reported ‘thirty’ since the end of October should be the start of regular captures as the biggest fish in particular start feeding in earnest.
A 27 lb 8 oz common by Aaron Warner, who also had a 21 lb fully scaled, and another fish of 24 lb for Ray, are a further sign that things are stirring, especially with the arrival of spring this week, with the Spring Equinox and Full Moon on Thursday.
The Old Lake carp are also getting more of an appetite, Anthony Ashbolt getting a big surprise when a personal best 25 lb mirror picked up his roach section bait intended for a zander, the day before the predator season closed.
Bonds Lake is providing some great sport, father and son regulars Martin and Alfie Swieton, switching from the Old Lake to share a 17-carp catch to 11 lb 10 oz.
And there are good numbers of bream being caught in the mild conditions, which should reach 13 degrees C this week, with little in the way of rain or strong winds likely in the settled conditions.
The temperatures looks set to rise slightly in the middle of the week as skies cloud over, and then fall slightly at the end of the week and the weekend as clear skies and sunshine return, with high pressure in charge, but bringing cooler nights. Thursday looks like being the mildest day, and is also the Full Moon and the official first day of spring, being half way between the shortest day and the longest day, with daylight and darkness equal at 12 hours, sunrise and sunset being around 6am and 6pm, and from now on more daylight than darkness until late-September. After a chilly night of 3 degrees, Monday should be very sunny but with the chance of a short shower in the afternoon and reaching 10, staying at 5 overnight into Tuesday, which should be dry and cloudy but 11, falling to 7 overnight into a more overcast Wednesday of 13, and 8 overnight into a similar Thursday of 13, with 8 overnight into a similar Friday of 12, and 6 overnight into a Saturday of 11, but with more sunshine, and 3 overnight into a Sunday of 14 and rising to 16 by Tuesday week. Winds should start the week as gusty westerlies, becoming lighter as Monday progresses and becoming a bit more south-westerly later in the day, lighter still and more westerly on Tuesday, lighter again on Wednesday but becoming more south-westerly later in the day and into Thursday but then changing after the Full Moon to stronger northerlies on Friday, and then strong south-easterlies and easterlies for Saturday and Sunday, staying as easterlies as the high pressure builds and the temperature rises. So, a new page is being turned in the season and the conditions, as overcast and mild gives way to warm and bright.

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OLD BURY HILL LAKE – GENERAL & BOAT FISHING

The Old Lake’s carp are showing more of an interest with every passing week, though the biggest fish reported fell to a zander angler finishing his season the day before the close.
Anthony Ashbolt, from Godalming, was fishing peg 24 with a one-inch section of roach, cast three rod-lengths out, when it was picked up by a 25 lb mirror carp, providing him with a personal best for the species.
And round the back of the island, on pegs 74 and 75, Dan Nash and Adam Rogers, from Horley, shared a catch of five carp, the biggest a 15 lb mirror, on an overnighter, using 18 mm Mainline Cell boilies tipped with 10 mm Cell wafters.

TEMPLE LAKE – CARP

After a long, slow winter, there are signs that sport is about to accelerate, with the capture of the lake’s first reported ‘thirty’ of the year.
Ray Harding got things off the mark with Two Tone at 35 lb 12 oz, the fish’s first reported capture since John Keatley landed it at 32 lb 8 oz in September.
Jon Botting had Two Tone in May last year at 36 lb 2 oz.
Ray was fishing peg 6, using an 18 mm Sticky Baits Manilla wafter in open water over a scattering of free offerings, and he also had a 20 lb common during the 24-hour session.
And he was in action a few days before that, landing a 24 lb common last weekend, from the same bait in the same peg, this time cast to a gap in the island.
Another Temple regular, Aaron Warner, from Carshalton, was also successful, landing a 27 lb 8 oz common and a 21 lb fully scaled from peg 15, on a single bottom bait in open water, over a bed of hemp.

PLEASE NOTE: LEAD CORE IS BANNED ON BOTH TEMPLE AND THE OLD LAKE. PLEASE SEE KEN IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

BONDS LAKE

The carp are becoming increasingly catchable, now that temperatures are on the rise, and there are still roach and perch being caught on pole or waggler tactics, along with a few accidental carp.
Father and son Martin and Alfie Swieton decided to try somewhere more sheltered after a windy start on the Old Lake that produced several bream, and were rewarded with a 17-carp catch on Bonds.
The biggest fish weighed 11 lb 10 oz, and all fell for pink wafters cast tight to the island over 6 mm pellets.
And Richard Nathan, from Carshalton, had five carp, four of them doubles, the biggest 11 lb 14 oz, on Pineapple or Monster Crab boilies over loosefed pellets.

MILTON LAKE

Milton Lake is the place to head for if you want tench, bream, crucians and specimen roach, along with a chance of a bonus carp, either on waggler with a running line, or pole close in or up against the lily pads, where fish can often be lined up with a little-and-often loosefeeding approach using small baits, especially now that the weather has become milder.

Just got back from a three day trip with my mate Dino fished Milford pond first really good down trench following day hired one of the boats Fished The jungle bagged up on bream following day went back on Milford fantastic day well worth the trip from Yorkshire recommend it will go back🎣👍